‘I learnt comedy from Paresh’
John Abraham may have played comedy roles in many films earlier but he says Paresh Rawal has helped him immensely in excelling at comic timing in the forthcoming film Welcome Back. He can't thank him enough. “I would like to thank Paresh Rawal because he is one of the reasons why I have improved my comic timing,” said John. “If you see, most of my comedy films — be it Garam Masala, Desi Boyz or Housefull 2 — these have been with co-stars but Welcome Back, in a strange way has me alone. I have been let out into the wild alone,” he added. Welcome Back, being directed by Anees Bazmee, is a sequel to the 2007 hit comedy Welcome that featured Akshay Kumar and Anil Kapoor.
I truly believe that men have as important a role to play in this quest for a world without gender violence and discrimination as women do. It is our problem, too, not because we have mothers, sisters, wives and daughters. It is our problem because it is a human rights issue and we are all human beings| FARHAN AKHTAR
Amitabh Bachchan will attend an event in london, where a statue of Mahatma Gandhi will be unveiled at Parliament Square. “We are delighted that @SrBachchan will read at the unveiling of the #GandhiStatue on Saturday (sic),” DCMS-British Department for Culture, Media and Sport, tweeted.
Amitabh retweeted the message. The bronze statue of Gandhi will be unveiled as the focal point for the commemoration this summer of the 100th anniversary of Gandhi's return to India from South Africa, to start the struggle for self-rule.
Tony to sing at Gaga's wedding
Singer Tony Bennett says he will sing at the wedding of his friend lady Gaga and Chicago Fire actor Taylor Kinney later this year. “They invited me to do it and, of course, I will,” pagesix.com quoted Bennett as saying. The 88-year-old, who collaborated with Gaga on the album Cheek to Cheek last year, further praised the couple — who have dated each other for more than three years — and their blossoming relationship. Asked what he thought of the wedding, he said: “I love it. She's marrying a wonderful man, talented and very handsome. I think he's going be highly successful in films.”